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Xiaomi founder, Lei Jun (centre-L, orange tie) joins hands with other executives at the company's initial public offering launched on the HKSE in Hong Kong on July 9, 2018. Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images
On July 19, Chinese premier Li Keqiang inspected the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and hosted a symposium. He delivered a speech on-site, which further revealed the underlying causes of why Chinese science and technology lags behind and lacks innovation.
Zhong Yuan is a researcher focused on China’s political system, the country’s democratization process, human rights situation, and Chinese citizens’ livelihood. He began writing commentaries for the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times in 2020.
